EASC2014: Solving Software Challenges for Exascale

Abstract

The EASC2014 conference (http://www.easc2014.se) aims to bring together all the developers and researchers involved in solving the software challenges of the exascale era. The conference focuses on issues of applications for exascale and the associated tools, software programming models and libraries. EASC2014 is being organized at KTH in association with SeRC and the CRESTA and EPiGRAM projects.

Information about last year's conference is available at http://www.easc2013.org.uk.

Support

EASC2014 is supported by Cray and Mellanox.

Exascale Applications and Software Conference 2014 - EASC2014

Exascale computing power will likely be reached in the next decade. While the precise system architectures are still evolving, one can safely assume that they will be largely based on deep hierarchies of multicore CPUs with similarly-deep memory hierarchies, potentially also supported by accelerators. The challenge of designing, implementing, monitoring existing and new applications running efficiently at large scale on these platforms involves application, numerical library, programming, development environment developers.

The aim of this conference is to bring together all the developers and researchers involved in solving the software challenges of the exascale era. The conference focuses on issues of applications for exascale and the associated tools, software programming models and libraries.

Registration for the EASC2014 conference can be completed at: http://www.easc2014.se/registration-19353727.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Yutong Lu, National University of Defense Technology, China

Mark Parsons, EPCC, University of Edinburgh, UK

Mitsuhisa Sato, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Erik Lindahl, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

EASC2014 STEERING GROUP

Erwin Laure, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Stefano Markidis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

William D. Gropp, University of Illinois, USA

Mark Parsons, EPCC, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Lorna Smith, EPCC, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Bastian Koller, HLRS, Germany

EASC2014 PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Erwin Laure, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Stefano Markidis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

William Gropp, University of Illinois, USA

Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, USA

Mark Parsons, EPCC, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Lorna Smith, EPCC, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Daniel Holmes, EPCC, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Bastian Koller, HLRS, Germany

Pavan Balaji, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Jed Brown, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Robert Clay, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

Roberto Gioiosa, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, USA

Katie Antypas, NERSC , USA

Leroy Drummond-Lewis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

Alec Johnson, KU Leuven, Belgium

VENUE

EASC2014 will take place in the Södermalm district, close to Stockholm downtown. The venue is: Münchenbryggeriet, Torkel Knutssonsgatan 2, Stockholm. Conference rooms are located at the seventh floor of a building that used to be a brewery (Münchenbryggeriet).

SOCIAL EVENTS

Welcome reception at the City Hall of Stockholm (http://international.stockholm.se/City-Hall/Guided-tours-of-the-City-Hall/) on April 2nd 2014. The City Hall is the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet.

Banquet dinner at the Vasa Museum (http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/) on April 3rd 2014. A visit to the VASA museum exhibition is included.

REGISTRATION

Registration for the EASC2014 conference can be completed at: http://www.easc2014.se/registration-19353727.

Delegates, early registration (till 1 March 2014):

SEK 2850

Delegates, regular (after 1 March 2014)

SEK 4100

Delegates, on site registration:

SEK 4700

Payment for the congress fee will be accepted by credit card (VISA or Mastercard) or invoice.

ACCOMMODATION

Information about accommodation in Stockholm can be found at: http://www.easc2014.se/accommodation-19353400.

During the EASC2014 registration, it is possible to book reserved rooms in selected hotels.